Villa Flamenca Hotel

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Very much liked hotel - the staff were very helpful - the hotel was clean and the food was good with plenty of choice. Recommend the local walks - the reception will provide details and copies of routes. Had a problem with contacting taxi firm for return transfer and reception sorted this out for us. I liked the Flamenco style - the central area with fountain is an attractive feature.

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Great last minute cheaply. Good clean hotel in pleasant area, 10 minutes from very good beach.
Great beach front restaurants doing BBQ fish & meat. All reasonable prices. Hotel breakfast buffet style, bit samey, but adequate, but the coffee wasn’t great! Bit of a crush to get in the dining room, think they added the annexe rooms and didn’t expand the dining room.
Entertainment every night, again a bit repetitive but ok. Very warm relaxing week, Nerja is a joy. Bus ride to Frigliana worth a look, and the donkey sanctuary, a 10 minute walk from Nerja town centre is a must.

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We booked this hotel on the internet on 1st September to stay 21st October for a week. The money was accepted in advance and we were provided with a voucher in advance of our stay. On arrival we were told that the internet company had changed the booking without telling us and we had been booked into another hotel about half a mile away.
The next day we arranged to meet with the manager who conveniently had popped out for a while and could not be contacted. On returning he told us a different story that our room had been damaged by storms the previous week but when we asked to see the room he became extremely irate and ended the conversation.
We spent the week at Nerja Club Hotel where the staff could not have been friendlier and confirmed that this "movement" of business was common practice with Hotel Flamenca. Other guests at the hotel advised us that we were much better off in the new hotel since they had had previous experience of Flamenca.
I would certainly never do business with Hotel Flamenca again and would strongly advise others to avoid it.

Initial impressions of this hotel were that it could do with an update - however although our rooms were small we enjoyed a relaxing holiday (and relaxation was our purpose) and enjoyed a stay in what was a more traditional area of Nerja.
Many of the surrounding private properties were the traditional white villas or apartments - very pretty area. Our balcony faced the mountains, which suited us as we preferred the spectacular views rather than the constant sun (NB mountain views get no sun) and we found this side of the hotel was very peaceful.
Staff were pleasant and helpful and we found the meals to be of a high standard. The local area was easily accessed, with all local highlights being within walking distance.
My only criticism of the hotel was that at the time of our visit the main clientele seemed to be more elderly - as a young 50+ and well travelled I felt very young compared to the pace of others in this hotel.
However, I enjoyed my holiday overall - it suited my purpose and should I require a relaxing environment I would return.

We were allocated a poolside room which was very nice until 7pm then it was unbearable, there was no getting away from the entertainment only to go out. It was so bad we asked to change rooms and although it was large we had no balcony and felt hemmed in all week.
The food was not good, most of the nights we ate out at an excellent Chinese round the corner.
Nerja is lovely and we will go back but not to here.

Never again Villa Flamenca!
Earlier (19-25, Aug. 2005) Bastian wrote a positive review about this hotel. Was Bastian in some other Villa Flamenca than me? My impressions are totally opposite. First of all, Bastian writes about "quiet location" and "no disturbing sounds". On the contrary, you will not have an opportunity to sleep at night! The following things are quite disturbing:
Musical performances till midnight every day. If you like to listen a loud music before sleep, you can do it together with other people sitting in the yard and clapping hands. If you don't like it, you have to listen the music in any case. You will hear it even if you close all windows, even if you live on the other side of the hotel, looking to the street, not to the yard.
The street is not central but still many cars drive there at night. Some of them also run their sound systems at full power, this will give you more musical enjoyment, also after midnight.
Motorcycles, I don´t know is this a special loud sort of motorcycles, or the streets of Nerja have this special acoustics, but you will wake up and hear every of them.
A super dimensional truck loading tons of beaten glass punctually at 4am. It may be a garbage collection service, but you will perceive it namely in this way when it will wake you up.
A large device on the building nearby, possibly ventilation system, produces permanent noise.
At 6am hotel maids will go here and there under your window speaking in very loud voices. They don't care about your sleep. Why damn you sleep at 6am when the breakfast starts at 8am?
What you can really do against this?
Ear plugs. I think the hotel must spare them for everyone. (But they would probably cost 17,50, like the price for TV in your room.)
You can decide to sleep at daytime instead of night and you can nicely do siesta from 14:00 till 17:00 in the yard near the pool, when there are a few people there.
At night you can do something else, e.g read a book, write a negative review about the hotel etc.
The hotel asks not to leave towels and other stuff on the balcony. Bastian "ignored" this advice and the stuff was stolen. OK, but where should I dry my towel? In WC it will not dry out, because there is no ventilation at all, and in the room it's not enough air for me to breath. As a result, ALL people ignore this wise advice and dry their towels on the balconies. If it will be stolen, you can buy a new one for 7,50 in the city.
BREAKFAST AND DINNER: Bastian wrote about variety of dishes and wonderful taste. For me it looks more like student canteen not a restaurant. There is a variety but you must enjoy it with a care. I would personally recommend only
* bacon & eggs at the breakfast
* roast beef & rice at the dinner
* ice cream & peaches for dessert
and you will have a minimum probability to poison yourself. Bastian wrote about some sleepless nights after the dinner. I'm sure, this is not because he ate a lot, he probably got
something not fresh. (And because of usual night symphony of course.) Special advice: do not taste coffee at breakfast, you will vomit. Don't drink tea as well, it smells fish.
LOCATION: Bastian wrote about nice and pleasant mountains visible from the hotel. I don't know which viewpoint he looked from. From the hotel one mainly sees the walls of other buildings.
THE SEA and THE BEACH: yes, if you will go all the way down the hill, in 500m you will be at the beach Burriana. The problem is that way back will be uphill, moreover you cannot get anywhere from this beach. The beach is isolated by rocks from all sides and you cannot walk to the next one except of climbing 50m high stairs up and down. If you are in good form, it will even make a joy, if not, you are not lucky. The only beach where you don't need to climb is called La Torrecilla and it is located at the other end of the city. It will take you an hour to walk there from the hotel.
IN SUMMARY: you can go to Villa Flamenca only if
* you have nerves of steel
* you always look on the bright side of life
* you don't allow anything or anybody to destroy your vacation.
Then you will survive. Other more exotic opportunities:
* you are masochist and like when somebody tortures you
* you absolutely don´t care about quality of your life
* you have two vacations, and when you will return home you can enjoy the second one.
Otherwise I do not advise you to stay at Villa Flamenca. You can have hysterical attack, like our neighbour English lady, crying and screaming "I wanna go home!!!!!!"

Very disappointing. Booked this as adult only. Got there and children are on site, this was our honeymoon, what a crap time we had.
Our room 410 was dirty, small, balcony was so tiny. The furniture in the room was nothing like what’s shown in the video.
Would go back to Nerja again a wonderful place never go to this hotel again.

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I was extremely impressed with the Villa Flamenca as it was much better than appeared in the brochures. The only disappointment was the food - breakfast was fine but dinner was bland, tasteless and unimaginative. I also found there was a great lack of fresh fruit and vegetables. We travelled half board but ended up eating out on several occasions. Bed and breakfast would be better if it is offered.
Entertainment was Ok, but it seemed like it was sourced on a tight budget. The Flamingo dancing was like a school play but Neil is recommended viewing. Funny.
Cardiac hill down to the beach is steep but not as bad as I thought - it only takes 5 minutes to walk up even in the midday sun.
The Balcon de Europa (shops and restaurants) is only a 15 minute walk away and comes alive at night. Restaurant Pinocchio is a great Italian.
The hotel overall was clean and tidy and the pool did not get too busy. I would definately recommend a holiday here and I would stay at the Villa Flamenca again if returning to Nerja.

My daughter and I stayed for a week on a half board basis. On the good side, the hotel was very clean and they had the most pleasant and helpful staff I have ever encountered. The hotel is in an excellent location and is a short walk from the beach and the busier tourist areas. Anyone complaining about the 'Cardiac Hill' leading to the beach should see a doctor immediately!
The food is plentiful although unimaginative. The vegetables are usually overcooked but the bread and fruit is usually superb. It is a shame that the proprietors feel the need to provide mostly British & German fare. People should go to Spain to eat Spanish food!
The rooms are small but comfortable but I think there could be a problem in the heat of summer as the rooms are only cooled by an overhead fan. I agree with the other reviewer who warned about the glass shelf in the bathroom. I too, have the wound to prove how dangerous it is!
The pool area is very nice and very clean. There are plenty of deckchairs and sun loungers. Shame on the family of four whom, every morning, ‘bagged’ 4 sun loungers in the prime spot (and they were English- not German!). The fresh orange juice at the bar is definitely a treat.
If you ask for a pool view, don't expect it to be a quiet room. You are kept up by the so-called 'entertainment' until about midnight.
Regarding the 'entertainment'- it is like something out of Phoenix Nights! (Except for the Flamenco Dancers & Carlos). Again, there are plenty of nearby places to go to if you are looking for entertainment.
Villa Flamenca is a good base if you want to visit the area and you are looking for someplace clean, friendly and handy for touring.

Nice hotel barring its position at the top of a very steep hill. On arrival our room stank of stale cigarette smoke, informed reception who said they will change bed sheets and wash curtains.
Later that day we had they cleaners come in and spray bucket loads of chemicals everywhere to hide the smoke smell (not really sure which was worse).
Food was ok some of it a bit overcooked (Black bacon for breakfast), pool and bar area nice.
One thing to avoid is the Chinese massages being offered on the beaches. I have never suffered from back ache, I do now since having a massage and got conned out of 15 euros for the pleasure of it!